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POSTSCRIPT. 
Recruiting  and  Reorganization  of  Twelve  Months'  Companies. 

I.  By  Act  of  Congress,  approved  January  ~~<,  1862,  the  right  t<i  receive  Recruits  for  three  years 
or  the  war  has  been  extended  to  .-ill  Companies  now  in  service  for  L2  months,  and  the  Commanding 
Officer  of  each  L2  mouths'  Battalion  or  Regiment  is  authorized  to  detail  one  Commissioned  Officer 
and  not  more  than  two  privates  from  each  Company  thereof  to  recruit  for  their  respective  Compa- 
nies, in  conformity  with  the  Recruiting  Regulations.     (General  Orders,  No.  •'>.) 

These  Recruits  are  entitled  to  pay,  transportation  and  subsistence  from  the  time  ami  place  of 
enlistment,  and  to  the  bounty  of  50  dollars,  payable  at  the  time  of  joining  their  Companies. 

The  original  Volunteers  iu  these  Companies  re-enlisting  for  two  years  or  the  war.  as  already 
provided,  may  re-enlist  in  the  Companies  to  be  thus  recruited,  and  at  the  expiration  of  the  original 
12  months'  term,  the  several  Companies  thus  recruited  and  re-enlisted  shall  elect  their  Company 
Officers,  and  may  reorganize  themselves  into  new  Battalions  or  Regiments;  or  it'  in  all  the  Compa- 
nies in  any  Battalion  or  Regiment  the  number  of  recruits  and  re-enlisted  men  shall  be  sufficient  to 
form  new  Companies,  such  Battalion  or  Regiment  maybe  reorganized,  and  its  original  designation 
remain  unaltered,  the  Field  Officers  being  elected  in  all  such  cases,  as  provided  by  the  Regulations. 

But  it'  the  number  of  recruits  and  re-enlisted  men  in  any  Company  shall  be  less  than  the 
minimum  required  for  a  Company,  they  may  combine  with  others  in  like  situation  to  form  new 
Companies,  or,  in  default  thereof  may  be  assigned  or  distributed  to  other  Companies  from  the  game 
Siate. 

The  Regulations  in  regard  to  recruiting  for  12  months'  Companies,  as  above  provided,  as  well  as 
for  re-enlisted  Companies  and  all  Companies  now  in  service  for  the  war,  as  provided  in  the  above 
Circular,  and  the  Regulations  in  regard  tore-enlistment,  have  been  published  in  General  Orders  for 
the  information  of  the  Army,  and  may  be  obtained  from  the  Adjutant  General. 

J.  P.  BENJAMIN, 

Secretary  of  liar. 


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